1877.] DISTRICT OF LAMPOjS-G, S.E. SUMATEA. 485 



They differ from the great majority of Malaccan individuals with which I have made a 

 comparison in wanting the very dark distinct brown cap of that peninsular form. But, in truth, 

 this group of Kingfishers requires further study ; for the variations in colouring of the cap, on 

 which Mr. Sharpe partly relies (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 02), do not always seem to offer, as I once 

 believed, stable characters when a large series of individuals from different, or even similar, 

 localities are examined. 



35. AlCEDO EURTZONA. ^,. ,o^„ 



Ibis, 1877, 



Alcedo cyanocephala, Shaw, Raffles, t. c. p. 293, " Sumatra," nee Shaw. P- ^^''• 



Alcedo euryzona, Temm. PI. Col. livr. 83, "Java" (1830); Sharpe, Mon. Alced. t. 8; 

 Schlegel, Vog. Neder. Ind. Martins pecheurs, p. 45, t. 1. f. 1, 2. 



A single example of this rare Kingfisher was obtained by Mr. Buxton. The extreme rarity 

 of the species has prevented me comparing it with typical and Malaccan specimens. 



36. Alcedo meninting. 



Alcedo meyiinting, Horsf t. c. p. 172, "Java" (1820). 



Alcedo asiatica, Sw. Zool. 111. (1) t. 50 (1821). 



Alcedo ispida, var. bengalensis, apud Raffles, t. c. p. 293, " Sumatra." 



Examples of this well-marked species from Java, Borneo, and Malacca agree with those 

 from the Lampong district. 



37. Alcedo bengalensis. 



Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 450 (1788). 



38. Cetx rupidorsa. 



Alcedo tridacfyla, Linn., Raffles, t. c. p. 293, " Sumatra." 



Ceyx mfidorsa, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 99, " Malacca; " Sharpe, Mon. Alced. t. 41. 



Ceyx innominata, Salvadori, Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. iv. p. 465 (1869). 



Identical with Malaccan and Bornean examples. 



39. Merops sumatranus. Raffles, t. c. p. 294, "Sumatra" (1821). 



Merops hicolor, Bodd., Salvadori, Ucc. Borneo, p. 90, nee Bodd. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 33, 

 et 1877, p. 5 ; conf. Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 150, t. 26. [Antea, p. 317.] 



Sumatran, Malaccan, and Bornean examples do not differ. Are not examples with the 

 chestnut plumage, washed with green, immature birds, of both sexes, in transition from the dark 

 green of the young to the full dress of the adult, rather than representatives of the adult female 

 form only, as stated by Mr. Sharpe [I. c.) % 



40. Ntctiornis amicta. 



Ibis, 1877, 

 Merops amicta, Temm. PI. Col. 310, " Sumatra" (1824). p. 298. 



Bornean and Malaccan examples in no respect differ. Count Salvadori {t. c. p. 91) refers 



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